Ferdinand Rennie, the Austrian-born musical theatre veteran currently based in Scotland, has unveiled an unabashedly joyful return with the re-released single "Summer, Roses and Wine". After a three-decade career navigating the heavy emotional artillery of stage epics like Les Misérables, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Elisabeth, alongside his 2022 run on Britain’s Got Talent, Rennie’s turn toward bright, fiercely upbeat Euro-pop feels wonderfully unexpected. https://open.spotify.com/track/7b6Cw2jJExxp25949iLl0s?si=0a2f6cba1fea4a86 The narrative...

There is a particular shade of electric blue that appears on the inside of your eyelids when you rub your eyes too hard, a colour that feels both artificial and deeply biological, and that is precisely where Vacant Shores and their new EP, "Vacant Shores", seem to reside. Jon Elliott, AJ ‘Sid’ Sidford, and Suzy Alderton have managed to capture something peculiarly British here;...